Gunhild Hoffmeister

Gunhild Hoffmeister ( born July 6, 1944 in Forst ( Lausitz), Brandenburg) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic medalist, who won three Olympic medals in middle distance running for the GDR: In the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, she was in the 1500 m race second and third in the 800 - meter race. With the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, she took again the second place in the 1500 - meter race.

As the only all German middle and long distance runner, she won three Olympic medals. In addition to Hans Grodotzki it is also the only among the German runners who won two medals in a single competition at one and the same Olympics.

Gunhild Hoffmeister began with 20 years with the Athletics, during her training as a teacher. She started for the SC Cottbus, her coach was Friedrich Janke ( Vice European Champion 1962 on 10,000 meters). In 1967 she became the mother of a daughter. Two years later, in 1969, she took the first time in an international highlight, the European Championships, in part. She had a competition weight of 56 kg at a height of 1.73 m.

After the Olympic Games in 1976, she ended her sports career and was deputy director of the Children's and Youth Sports School Cottbus. Later she worked in the sports and recreation center in Berlin and the Federal Executive of the DTSB the GDR. After the end of the GDR, she works as a rehabilitation sports teacher in Berlin.

Other successes

Awards (selection)

1969: Jaroslava Jehličková | 1971: Karin Burneleit | 1974: Gunhild Hoffmeister | 1978: Giana Romanova | 1982: Olga Dwirna | 1986 Rawilja Agletdinowa | 1990: Snezana Pajkic | 1994: Lyudmila Rogatschowa | 1998: Svetlana Masterkowa | 2002: Sureyya Ayhan | 2006: Tatjana Tomaschowa | 2010: Nuria Fernández | 2012: Asli Cakir Alptekin

  • European Champion ( athletics)
  • Olympian (DDR )
  • Athlete (DDR )
  • 800 - meter runner
  • Miler
  • Member of the People's Chamber
  • Support of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
  • German
  • DDR Champion ( athletics)
  • Born in 1944
  • Woman
  • GDR citizens
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